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Increasing Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Production by Pre-Permitting Federal Ocean Space
Increasing Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Production by Pre-Permitting Federal Ocean Space Principal Investigator Hauke Kite-Powell, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Porter Hoagland, Marine Policy Center at WHOI Di Jin, Marine Policy Center at WHOI Brooke Hodge, New England Aquarium Matthew Thompson, New England Aquarium Scott Kraus, New England Aquarium Michael Tlusty, UMass Boston…
Read MoreMarket Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts
Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts Principal Investigators Abigail Archer, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Co-Principal Investigators Melissa Sanderson, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance Michele Insley, Wellfleet SPAT (Shellfish Promotion and Tasting ) Summary The project explores the potential to broaden…
Read MoreSea Grant 2019 Aquaculture Funding Opportunities
The National Sea Grant College Program (NSGCP) has announced three federal funding opportunities (FFOs) to advance U.S. aquaculture for FY2019. Two of the three require a Sea Grant partner in order to submit the proposal for funding consideration from the NSGCP. The third FFO does not require a Sea Grant partner, however, WHSG is willing to…
Read MoreStorms, Erosion, Flooding
Storms, Erosion, Flooding Seventy-five percent of the population of Massachusetts lives in coastal counties and our coasts provide an even greater number of people a wide range of economic, social, and recreational opportunities. Competing uses of our coastline can result in conflicts between the protection of waterfront upland property and the preservation of the beneficial…
Read MoreRiver Herring
River Herring Over the past 300 years, what had been a bountiful harvest of river herring declined for many reasons including dam construction and poor water quality. In the late 20th century, herring populations sharply dropped to as little as one percent of their historic size. Woods Hole Sea Grant is working in partnership with…
Read MoreBeyond Oysters: Expanding the shellfish market for alternative species
Expanding shellfish markets for alternative species Oysters on the half shell represent 94 percent of Massachusetts’s $28 million shellfish aquaculture industry. For an industry that has grown over 300 percent in value over the last ten years, some worry about the reliance on a monocrop: one bad year for oysters could be devastating to aquaculture…
Read MoreBay State Aquaculture Projects Get Green Light from National Sea Grant Program
Two new grants to the Woods Hole Sea Grant program totaling more than $650,000 will support research aimed at expanding aquaculture production in Massachusetts. The projects won funding as part of a national strategic investment in aquaculture by the NOAA Sea Grant Program. “The United States is one of the world’s leading seafood consumers, yet…
Read MoreReduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering
Reduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering Principal Investigators Ken Foreman, Marine Biological Laboratory Ketil Koop-Jackobson, Marine Biological Laboratory Matt Long, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Photo by Ken Foreman Abstract We will investigate how small eutrophic embayments on Cape Cod with restricted tidal flow and impaired water quality due to nutrient pollution respond…
Read MoreShucked Oyster Rapid Response Program
RAPID RESPONSE: Assisting Shellfish Growers Impacted by COVID-19 Making In-roads Toward a Shucked Oyster Market in Massachusetts Overview With the arrival of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures to mitigate its spread including the closure of restaurants, sales of oysters have plummeted. With little access to their traditional markets, shellfish aquaculture businesses and the related…
Read MoreSurf Clams
Surf Clams In the marketplace, one-year-old surf clams are known as “New England Butter Clams” – a relatively new product on the market. Farming New England Butter Clams means they can be harvested at a size in which they are tender, buttery and sweet – as well as easy and versatile to prepare. This results…
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